What a pleasure, in the late afternoon, to bite into a beautiful tomato, straight from the garden and full of sunshine, sprinkled with a little coarse salt… The taste of vegetables brings back my childhood: the exploration of fields and gardens where the magic of nature joins with the promise of the future. Vegetables represent a curious happiness, a taste of travel. I'm offering you a unique bouquet of tips, as well as some varied and original recipes that are simple and quick to prepare for those you love. Picked fresh and glistening from the market stalls, vegetables deliver their natural, authentic flavour… and when cooked with care, they reveal a few more of their inner secrets.

My Little Market Guide - How to choose and prepare your vegetables
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Vegetable for dessert?
"Since we pair duck with oranges and use pineapple in savoury dishes, why not turn things around and use vegetables in sweet recipes? This idea might seem a little strange at first, but after all, why not? Certainly when I'm in the kitchen there are no taboos and no boundaries. But I don't set out to surprise or shock with my cooking. Artichoke tart, pea ice cream: these are solid recipes with a story behind them. I come from the country, and the tiny peas you pick in the morning with the dew still on them, only as big as a pinhead, are sweet. They're like carrots: vegetables that are sweet from the outset. We add a bit of sugar, two or three other little things, and end up with a viable dessert. It's not just a flight of fancy, it's something real. There are always one or two vegetable dessert recipes on the menu at Le Grand Véfour that change with the seasons".

Try my Green Pea Ice Cream
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